Name and Version Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name Name
Name of Product Spam-Sperre Mozilla Mail Cloundmark  SpamNet) K9 MailWasher Free MailWasher Pro POPFile SpamAssassin Spamhilator SpamKiller SpamPal ISSB SPAMTrash
Company / Programmer(s) ETHA Elektronik GbR Mozilla Coorp. Cloudmark Robin Keir Nick Bolton Firetrust Limited John Graham-Cumming development team Michel Krämer McAfee James J. Farmer Jens Börner (ISSB)
Version       Jan 28 05. Jan 5.0 0.22.2 2.53 (version 3.1 available) 0.9.9.9 04. Mai 1.594 (1.73 Beta) 1.1.14.171
(discontinued since 18.04.2004?) (last update: 17.12.2004)
Filesize -   1,759 kb 113 kb 3,000 kb 3,200 kb 4,000 kb 770 kb 1.427 kb 3,900 kb 697 kb (incl. 2 plugins) 1,541 kb
Website http://Spam-Sperre.de http://www.mozilla.org/de www.cloudmark.com http://keir.net/k9.html www.mailwasher.net/ www.firetrust.com/ www.getpopfile.org/ http://spamassassin.apache.org/users.html www.spamihilator.com/ www.spamkiller.com/ http://spampal.de/ www.issb.de/
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Price 2,- p. email-addr. p. month FREE $39.95/year FREE FREE $37,00 FREE FREE FREE $39.95 FREE FREE
Free Updates YES YES NO, for one year only YES YES YES YES YES YES NO, for one year only YES YES
Type of License Commercial product Freeware Commercial product Freeware Adware (Banner) Commercial product Open-Souce (GPL) Open-Source Freeware Commercial product Open-Source Freeware
     
Technical Details Details Details Details Details Details Details Details Details Details Details Details Details
Type of Program Web-Based Stand-Alone-Solution Outlook/OE plugin mail-proxy separate account-checker separate account-checker mail-proxy mail-server based proxy mail-proxy separate account-checker mail-proxy separate account-checker
Number of Accounts unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited 1 unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited unlimited
Operating Systems ALL Windows 98, NT, 2000, XP Windows 98, NT, 2000, XP Windows Windows Windows, Mac OS X, Linux Windows, MacOS, POSIX Linux, Windows Windows Windows Windows (except 3.x) Windows
Mail-Clients all with POP3/IMAP4/SMTP included MS Outlook, OE only all with POP3 all with POP3 all with POP3/IMAP4 all with POP3/IMAP4 depends on mail-server all with POP3/IMAP4 all with POP3 all with POP3/IMAP4/SMTP all with POP3/IMAP4
Plugins & Extentions   YES NO NO YES YES YES YES YES NO YES, 14 + 8 NO
Graphical User-Interface YES YES YES, integrated in Outlook YES YES YES YES, HTML-based YES, HTML-based YES YES, plugin for Outlook, OE YES YES
Textmode Configuration (C) NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO NO
Multi-lingual User-Interface YES: ENG, GER NO NO NO NO NO YES: 29 languages NO YES: 25 languages NO YES: ENG, GER, FR, IT, RU, Simpl. CHI NO
Integrated Help YES, HTML-type NO NO NO YES YES NO NO YES, HTML-type YES YES, HTML-type YES
Commandline Parameters (optional) YES NO YES NO NO NO YES YES YES YES YES NO
Server-installation possible (Multi-user) Exclusive NO NO YES (A) YES, MailWasher Server is OpenSource YES, MailWasher Server is OpenSource YES YES YES NO, special version available YES (A) YES (Gateway)
Proxy-Support - NO YES, SOCKS NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES
Parental Control - NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO
Runs as Service (NT, W2k, XP) - NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO NO, (implemented in Beta) NO
Transparent Proxy (E) - NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO, (implemented in Beta) NO NO, (implemented in Beta) NO
     
Supported Protocols Protocols Protocols Protocols Protocols Protocols Protocols Protocols Protocols Protocols Protocols Protocols Protocols
POP3 (incoming mail) independent YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
IMAP4 (incoming mail) independent YES YES NO NO YES YES YES YES NO YES YES
SMTP (outgoing mail) independent NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO, only for sending reports YES, including ESMTP YES
Proprietary Formats    
Hotmail NO NO YES NO, with third-party tools NO YES NO, with third-party tools NO, depends on mail-server NO YES NO, with third-party tools NO
Yahoo! NO NO NO NO, with third-party tools NO YES NO, with third-party tools NO, depends on mail-server NO NO NO, with third-party tools NO
Exchange independent NO YES NO NO NO NO, with third-party tools NO, depends on mail-server NO NO NO (0) NO
Lotus Notes NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO NO NO
Secure Password Authentification (B) YES NO NO NO NO YES YES NO, depends on mail-server NO NO YES YES (CRAM-MD5)
APOP YES NO NO YES YES YES YES NO, depends on mail-server NO NO YES YES, POP3-ServerNO, Client
Secure Transmission (SSL/TLS) NO (5), with third-party tools NO NO NO (5), with third-party tools NO YES NO (5), with third-party tools NO, depends on mail-server YES NO NO (5), with third-party tools NO
NNTP (newsgroups) NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO NO NO
     
  spam-sperre.com   SpamNet K9 MailWasher Free MailWasher Pro POPFile SpamAssassin Spamihilator SpamKiller SpamPal ISSB SPAMTrash
Supported Spam Filters Spam Filters Spam Filters Spam Filters Spam Filters Spam Filters Spam Filters Spam Filters Spam Filters Spam Filters Spam Filters Spam Filters Spam Filters
Bayesian Filtering not neccessary YES NO YES NO YES YES YES YES NO YES, with plugin YES
Regular Expressions not neccessary NO NO YES YES YES NO YES YES NO YES, with plugin NO
DNSBL-Support YES, depends on the reliability NO NO YES, 1 YES YES NO YES, unlimited YES, unlimited with plugin NO YES, unlimited NO
Vipul's Razor not neccessary NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO YES, with plugin NO
DCC not neccessary NO NO NO NO NO NO YES YES NO YES, with plugin NO
Signature-Database not neccessary YES YES NO NO NO NO YES NO YES YES, (for attachments) with plugin NO
Local Blacklists    
IP based YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO
Address based YES YES NO YES YES YES YES YES YES NO YES YES
Local Whitelists    
IP based YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO
Address based YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Predefined Ruleset not neccessary NO NO NO YES YES NO YES YES YES YES, several plugins YES
Individual Rules YES YES NO YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES, with plugin YES
     
Extended Features Features Features Features Features Features Features Features Features Features Features Features Features
Logfiles YES NO NO YES NO YES YES YES YES NO YES NO
Statistics YES NO NO YES NO YES YES NO YES NO YES NO
Automatic Whitelist (POP3 / IMAP4 / SMTP) (D) YES when relay-Fnct. is used NO / NO / NO NO / NO / NO NO / NO / NO NO / NO / NO NO / NO / NO NO / NO / NO YES / NO / NO YES / NO / NO NO / NO / NO YES / YES / YES YES / YES / YES
Messages Marking and Tagging    
Add special Strings to Header / Subject (1a) NO NO / NO YES / NO YES / YES NO / NO NO / NO YES / YES YES / NO ??? YES / NO YES / YES NO / NO
Scanning in Headers / Body (1b) YES / not necessary unknown YES / YES YES / YES YES / YES YES / YES YES / YES YES / YES YES / YES YES / YES YES / YES YES / YES
Filter Mails depending on maximum Size YES NO NO YES   NO YES NO YES YES  
Scoring YES, internal NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO YES, with plugin NO
Reclassify in Client after Retrieval not necessary YES YES NO (2) NO NO NO (2) NO NO YES, spam stays on server NO (2); Bayesian plugin only YES
Bounce Messages YES NO (3) NO (3) NO (3) YES (3) YES (3) NO (3) NO (3) NO (3) YES (3) NO (3) NO (3)
Kill Messages on Server YES NO YES (3) NO (4) YES YES NO NO YES YES NO (4) NO (min. 10kb)
Preview Messages (Text / HMTL) NO / NO NO NO YES / YES, included data only YES / NO YES / NO YES / YES, using UI NO / NO NO / NO YES / YES, included data only NO / NO YES / NO
Forwards to DNSBLs or postmaster YES / NO NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO (6) NO
Filter HTML-Messages (e.g. remove webbugs, dangerous HTML-tags) YES, AV included NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES, with plugin NO YES, with plugin YES
Filter Attachments (rename or remove malicious files) YES, AV included NONO NONO NO NO NO NO NO YES, with plugin NO YES, with plugin YES
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Installation and Setup Installation and Setup Installation and Setup Installation and Setup Installation and Setup Installation and Setup Installation and Setup Installation and Setup Installation and Setup Installation and Setup Installation and Setup Installation and Setup Installation and Setup
Remote Configuration YES NO NO NO NO NO YES NO, access server via SSH NO NO NO NO
Manuals for Clients & Tools YES, 2 Pages are enough online YES, Outlook YES, Outlook YES, 6 YES, 6 YES, quite a lot of HOWTOs NO, general manual only NO, general manual only YES YES, over 40 (multi-lingual) NO, not necessary
Automated Setup-Wizards (1c) YES NO NO YES, Outlook NO YES, Outlook, OE, etc. YES, Outlook Express NO YES, 6 (Outlook, OE, Thunderbird, Opera, etc.) YES, Outlook, OE, etc. YES, with third-party tool; transparent proxy in Beta YES
Updates (automatic download) YES - at Webserver NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES YES, filters only NO NO
Updates (notification window or mail) NO YES YES, by newsletter YES, mail YES YES YES, UI NO YES NO YES, GUI YES
     
Support (7) Support Support Support Support Support Support Support Support Support Support Support Support
Free Support YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES ??? YES YES
Direct Contact to Programmer(s) YES NO ??? YES YES NO YES YES YES NO YES, via forum YES
Support Forum YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO YES YES
Multi-lingual Support (Webpages) YES: ENG, GER YES: ENG, GER NO YES: ENG, GER NO YES: EN, GER, ESP YES: ENG, GER, FR, NOR, POR NO YES: GER, ENG NO YES: ENG, GER, FR, IT, RU, ESP NO
FAQ, Knowledge base YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO
Mailinglist YES NO NO YES NO NO YES NO YES NO YES NO
E-Mail YES NO NO YES YES YES NO NO NO YES NO YES
Chat NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO YES NO NO
Telephone, FAX YES NO NO NO YES NO NO NO NO YES NO NO
Newsgroups NO NO ??? YES: ENG NO NO YES: ENG ??? ??? ??? YES: ENG, GER, FRA (inofficial) NO
Bug-Tracker YES NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO YES NO
Feature-Wishlist YES NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO YES YES
Sourcecode available for free NO NO NO NO NO NO YES YES YES NO YES NO
API for Third-party Extentions and Plugins NO NO NO NO NO NO YES YES YES NO YES NO